lesen — meaning in English

English meaning

• read verb To look at written words or symbols and understand their meaning.
• reading noun The activity of looking at and understanding written text.

Senses

lesen is used for these senses in English:

• leyn (Judaism) to read from a Torah scroll
• read (transitive, or, intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
• read (transitive, or, intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)
• read (transitive) To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.
• reading The process of interpreting written language.

read — full definition

1. verb To look at written words or symbols and understand their meaning.
2. verb To say written words aloud.
3. verb To study a subject, especially at university.
4. verb To interpret or judge a situation, person, or signal.
5. noun A book, article, or other piece of writing, or an instance of reading it.

reading — full definition

1. noun The activity of looking at and understanding written text.
2. noun A particular interpretation of a text, situation, or event.
3. noun A value shown by a measuring instrument.
4. noun An event at which written work, such as poetry or scripture, is read aloud to an audience.

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